🤡 The meeting between Trump and Powell took place in the genre of a comedic sitcom about office life

Donnie tried to publicly accuse the head of the Federal Reserve of inflating the cost of renovating the central bank building, which surprised Powell. As "evidence," the president pulled out some papers with "fresh" figures. Having worked with data his entire life, Powell was clearly bewildered, as he did not expect such brutal and easily refutable lies. His rational mind clearly could not come to terms with the necessity of participating in this surreal show. You know the meme "what the hell are you talking about?" (from the movie Gangs of New York). This exact emotion was written on Powell's face.

➡️ Armed with glasses, the head of the Federal Reserve carefully looked at the paper and immediately discovered a manipulation of facts — they added the cost of building the third building, which was completed 5 years ago, to the current price. Caught in a blatant lie, Trump was unfazed and continued to mumble his narratives as if nothing had happened — the conversation in front of the cameras went on for several more minutes.